Him and their stars

Admiral Bonaparte showed his domineering attitude, but now that the topic has come to this point, the good mood of the two people is still somewhat clouded.

In the end, Chief of Staff Li Ren forced a smile on his face: "In any case, we should prepare a detailed report on the power of this lightning strike ship and request the National Defense Committee to build it in large quantities."

"Indeed, compared to those large battleships that take a long time to complete, this kind of lightning strike ship is easier to complete. Moreover, I carefully estimated that even without the cooperation of aircraft carriers, the effectiveness of the lightning strike ship as a defense may be quite good."

"Yes, and even if the First Fleet really takes away a group of capital ships from us, they can still use these small boats to top them."

"...Chief of Staff, you are really a genius at pouring cold water on me!"

"My grandson says the same thing. So I don't understand why bedtime stories always end up making him cry."

Of course, generals have their own troubles, and ordinary soldiers also have their own happiness. They are now completely addicted to the fun of demolition and hunting down drowned dogs and cannot extricate themselves. One month before the war began, the Outer Rim Fleet could have been compressed near Nantianmen and Santuchuan by the superior force of the Combined Fleet. How deep the resentment was at the beginning, how hot the anger is now released.

Soon, news of the sinking of various capital ships reached the Republic one after another, and even the tone of the communications officer's report was filled with joy.

That scene was quite reminiscent of the Cold War Age. Often when a battle recorded in history enters the final stage, the victorious shogunate will constantly receive good news such as "which enemy general has been beheaded" and "which enemy chief has been stripped of his clothes".

Chief of Staff Li Ren felt that the current scene was indeed a bit like this, and couldn't help but hum: "Zhang He was frightened by a certain person, so he abandoned his armor and helmet and walked into the barren mountains. Sitting on the carved saddle and calling the three armies, the young man listened to me: Go up Everyone in the front gets credit, and those who retreat have their heads hung on high poles. Hahahahaha... Uh, I'm sorry, Commander, I lost my temper."

"No. I didn't expect that we have known each other for almost thirty years and still didn't know you had this skill."

"Because we have known each other for thirty years, and we have never had such a big victory!"

"Chief of Staff, you are indeed a genius at chatting!"

"My wife said the same thing. Thanks to that fierce old woman, I often have to make do with a fishing rod by the river all night long."

"Ah hahahaha, okay, after this battle is over, I will introduce a place with lots of fish and stupid fish. That is my secret base."

"On Earth?"

"On Earth. Let's go together then."

In short, this lively and positive atmosphere is still very contagious. As a result, Commander Bonaparte and Chief of Staff Li Ren quickly put aside the little gloom in their hearts and returned their attention to real problems.

Soon, the two officers received new news.

"What? Lieutenant General Yu Lian personally parachuted to Planet No. 4? And personally attacked the central tower?" Chief of Staff Li Ren showed a surprised, even horrified expression. The dignified deputy commander of the theater actually charged in person. If he was shot to death, the battle would not be called a complete victory, and would even be recorded in history as a clown.

Chief of Staff Li Ren was still unfamiliar with the occult and the history of psykers. Among the saints in history, some died in duels of honor, some died in gunshots, and some even died in shipwrecks, but none died in cold shots.

"...Psychic!" Commander Bonaparte expressed his emotional stability and just sighed with a straight face.

Of course, from a consequentialist perspective, this is actually good news. The fact that the deputy commander of the theater personally took action was just a minor incident.

In fact, objectively speaking, when the overly ambitious lieutenant general landed in the central tower, the Cathay defenders and the imperial engineering consultants there were preparing to destroy all the data. If he had arrived a step late, the other party might have succeeded.

"This is too unprofessional. If it were me, I would have ordered the bombing to be destroyed when it reached the ground." Chief of Staff Li Ren said exactly the same thing as Luo Zeshi:

"They were delayed for a long time, not one minute, not two minutes, but at least five minutes!"

Admiral Bonaparte also found it difficult to understand: "If the Cathay defenders are unprofessional, this possibility also exists. Doesn't it mean that there are imperial advisers on site?"

"It was the Terrabi technicians in the central tower who refused to carry out the destruction order and even had a firefight with the defenders. When the commander of Yu Company arrived, they were exchanging fire near the terminal room."

Since this was the situation, Yu Lian was of course not polite, and single-handedly defeated the Kaitai defenders with a single charge. Later, Colonel Walter's team of psykers, wearing heraldic machines, also arrived on the battlefield, followed by two regiments of Marines descending from the Fuxi.

By the time the report begins, nearly 10,000 people have descended on the Bloodgate-4 planet, half of whom are even engineering troops, cleaning up the site after the bombing.

...Well, although I don’t know what can be cleaned up at the scene that was blasted into a desert, but at least it is certain that the so-called top-secret information in the central tower should have been preserved.

Commander Bonaparte and Chief of Staff Li Ren looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't know what expression they should make. They all had an inexplicable feeling of winning a big prize. But the more this happens, the more unreal it feels.

"That's it. This means that Dongfeng doesn't want to go along with Zhou Lang, and Tongquechun locks Er Qiao deeply!" Chief of Staff Li Ren read a poem on the spot.

"Although I know little about ancient Chinese poetry, I always feel that there is something wrong with your reading." Admiral Bonaparte shook his head and said to the adjutant: "Please ask General Yu Lian to return to the Republic. Tell him that this I have something to talk about."

Yu Lian arrived at the Republic two hours later, almost 18:00 on September 3. Even the Cathay dreadnought, which had "resisted" to the end, laid down its weapons and declared its surrender. According to the military history records of later generations, this was the end of what would later be called the "Battle of Blood Gate".

But in fact, until this time, the pursuit and encirclement of the remaining enemies were still continuing, but the top brass of the fleet no longer needed to continue to work hard.

After all, the generals had been working hard all day, so they were certainly entitled to a rest.

In order to entertain the greatest hero of this war, General Bonaparte even opened a bottle of 30-year-old Saint Zun, and said that he bought it when he just graduated from the Central National Defense University, and it was definitely not for food or drink with public funds.

"So, strictly speaking, you can call me Senior." Admiral Bonaparte smiled.

"I am not. I just graduated from the Ship Management Department of the Maritime Academy, and later took a staff refresher course at the National Defense University." Chief of Staff Li Ren said: "The refresher course is equivalent to a stepmother. It should be Can’t they be considered classmates?”

"Well, why doesn't it count?" Yu Lian said seriously.

Using your academic background to laugh at yourself is also a way to quickly close relationships. This is the emotional intelligence of mature adults.

Since the atmosphere at the scene was so harmonious, Yu Lian got straight to the point and said: "Just now, Mr. Larjie Gray Volume, the engineer of the Blood Gate-No. 4 central tower, and Major Aimee Maijiu, the deputy battalion commander of the security battalion, have officially informed us The uprising surrendered. Because of their on-site presence, we finally managed to preserve most of the information in the central control tower database. This included several hidden underground warehouses on the Blood Gate-4 planet, where there was a large amount of energy. Bags, ammunition, equipment, and all kinds of ship consumables. The empire should be stockpiling them here to prepare for the invasion of our homeland."

"Get rich?" Chief of Staff Li Ren asked.

"Get rich." Yu Lian nodded.

"Is it big?" asked Commander Bonaparte.

"It's so big that tens of thousands of pots can't stew it." As soon as Yu Liang said these words, he directly and clearly felt the excitement of the two people. This is of course easy to understand. Even Yu Lian felt as if he was riding a flying monkey when he found the location of these warehouses built on the 18th floor underground from the database.

Then again, the warehouse built on the 18th floor underground is already thousands of meters away from the surface, and it is also covered with several layers of multi-purpose armor shells, which can withstand the surface bombing of anti-matter bombs, which is understandable.

"Where are the defenders?" General Bonaparte asked quickly.

Since it is a secret military warehouse, in addition to being well-hidden and safe enough, it must also be protected by defenders.

"Brigadier Zuo Wanhu has already led his troops there, but no fighting took place. After we tore down the bunker at the entrance of the warehouse, the defenders came out and surrendered," Yu Liandao said.

"What a lethargic defender!" Admiral Bonaparte's tone was a bit complicated, and he didn't know whether he was showing contempt or being grateful. He really felt that since the beginning of this battle, his side had been getting lucky, and his luck was even a little abnormal.

"The warehouse defenders also have supervisors. There is a company of Imperial Grenadiers, and the leader is said to be an Astral Knight. However, they are very brave, but not dedicated enough to their duties. When the bombing started, they came out He went to the warehouse to support the anti-aircraft position, and then was blown away by an anti-matter bomb." Yu Lian's expression was a little weird, he wanted to laugh but also had a hint of sympathy.

To be fair, if they were really elite armored grenadiers, they would be able to do the same thing as the military resources in the warehouse. However, it is obvious that the astral knight who can make decisions should be a typical young nobleman, brave enough and loyal enough, but lacking in experience.

In short, after losing the supervisors, losing their superiors, and having the gate blocked by the enemy, the remaining Kaitai defenders lost their fighting spirit and surrendered. Of course, the surrender in the central tower, ah no, anyway, the persuasion of Engineer Huijuan and Major Maijiu also played a lot of role.

General Bonaparte and Lieutenant General Li Ren exchanged a look, and their expressions seemed a little strange, as if they wanted to laugh but had to hold it back out of politeness and restraint.

"Apparently, there is good news that I haven't received yet." Yu Lian understood something immediately.

Commander Bonaparte nodded, took out an empty wine glass, poured red wine into it, and saluted at the starry sky outside the porthole next to him.

Chief of Staff Li Ren said: "We also received the news five minutes ago. Two of the three Falcon-class cruise ships evacuated from Fortress No. 6 have been sunk. Now it has been determined that the empire's attack on the Blood Gate is The senior members of the advisory board are on top.”

Most of the senior members of the Imperial Advisory Group are astral knights. To put it bluntly, they serve as supervisors for the battle team. When necessary, these psychic thugs who can attack thousands of armies can directly use knives to force the Imperial Army to become cannon fodder.

Two ships have been sunk now? Doesn't that mean that at least a dozen Astral Knights were dismissed quietly?

Yu Lian now knew why the expressions of these two people were so strange. Although there has never been a shortage of psychics who died in the chaos and artillery fire in history, the cold words in the history books are one thing, and the impact of reality is another.

To them, high-ranking psychics become cannon fodder before they even show their power. It does feel a bit postmodern and absurd, just like seeing Kryptonians being killed by dump trucks, right?

"I personally feel that we should not be too mythical about psychic powers..." Yu Lian said.

"The ship where the Knight Commander Count Heronqi was was also shot down. We have found his body and the zero element that separated out." Li Rendao.

Mom, is there an unexpected surprise? The corners of Yu Lian's mouth curled up subconsciously, but he quickly coughed hard.

"The one who shot down Count Hronchi's ship was Major Anne Romanova's New Shenzhou 1. This achievement was even more glorious than shooting down a Dreadnought alone! This girl is also your classmate, right? She really deserves to be famous. 830 gang!" Chief of Staff Li Ren said with emotion.

Uh, so it turns out that the 830 Gang has become famous now?

"I have to say, he is truly a majestic knight captain! Although his ship was sunk, the remains were not greatly damaged. Even though they were floating in the void, they still maintained an awe-inspiring posture, which is admirable." Bonaparte The admiral had a mournful expression on his face:

"When I went to the empire to participate in military exchange activities a few years ago, I also met Count Yu Heronqi, and I left a deep impression on him. He was a warrior with great martial ethics and majesty. Speaking of which, brother Yu Lian, before You also cooperated with him in the joint military operation against Snake Lair, right?"

"Yes, he is an elder with both political integrity and talent. It's a pity that we say goodbye that day, but we say goodbye forever."

Admiral Bonaparte picked up the wine glass: "May Count Hronchi live forever in the Hall of Valor."

"May he live forever." Yu Lian and Li Ren also raised their glasses at the same time and drank it all in one gulp.

Although he is an enemy, he is still a saint after all. He had some friendship in the past, so it is appropriate to pay tribute like this.

In short, the fall of a knight commander, an empire count, and a saint is a complete chapter. In comparison, the three people present were more interested in the capture of the Blood Gate-4 planet.

"Now that I think about it, when the government is bombing, they only need to focus on killing the factories and barracks. The surface warehouse area should be left a little longer. The harvest will be more uncertain." Yu Lian calculated.

"That's hard to say. The defenders in the underground warehouse area will surrender, but it doesn't mean that the surface warehouse area will not resist. Now that a plan has been made to level all military targets on the surface, it should be carried out unswervingly. This is The right argument for using troops." Chief of Staff Li Ren said seriously.

Yu Lian felt that the chief of staff was really a loyal and simple elder, and he was really good at winning respect for people like him.

In short, preliminary statistics show that the materials seized from the underground warehouse are equivalent to more than five times the cost of the entire outer ring fleet's full day and night battle. It can indeed be regarded as a windfall.

This still excludes those cases where enemy ships surrendered.

In addition, from the database, Yu Lian also obtained the military star map within the Kingdom of Ketai.

"What is certain is that there are no more soldiers available in the Kingdom of Kaitai." Yu Lian showed a dangerous smile.